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In addition, there will be for overy reasonable facility the individual needs of soldiera who want to continue further Atudies, which they would have done under the new Education Art ar who acquire new inter-! ests in art and music, litera- ture higher training, covering

This handicrafts.

the whole range of educational ac- tivity and available from time a man joins or is called up, will be volontury and car- ried out in his own time.

Where The Instructors

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Are Comiing From This all looks very well on paper, But the success of auch an ambitious plan depends on The quality-and, the quantity— of the instructors. Where are they coming from, and will they be available in sufficient numbers? It is only too true that many of the best officers and men in the RAEC have been lost under demobilization.

Will it break down then for lack of an adequate and proper- ly trained staff?

Service undergo a course of sufficient instructora to cover six weeks' duration at educa-| the primary training centres tion centres attached to Prim- and spectal units such as Army ary Training Centers, while training schouls, leader training theme already serving are being units, hospitals, military correc

rounded up"

EL and given tive establishments and boys

schools. The plan is already In similar haste education.

General Education operation there. The next stage in the pro-

ramme is compulsory general, dention for all, consisting of

Earl Winterton, Conservative "father of the House," who dete following basic subjects: additional other rank "school-

scribed the War Minister

very much the right

Army

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By Dick Turner

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"Good night! All this holler about us going out in the cloakroom and building a littlō fire!"

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By Shepard Barclay

"The Authority on Authorities”

The new plan for the futore of Army education in pence- time, ensuring that education shall form an Integral part of the structure of Service fe

By PETER drew.some eloquent sniping but plenty of surprisingly compli-

LOVEGROVE mentary remarks, in the Howe

Common recently when I not the note reason for the M.P's argued over the 1947-48 educational deficienelen of to- Estimates for twelve long hours. day. The war, with its inter-

I any "apsprisingly cause

ruption of studies by bombing | n Berce Parliamentary fight als

und the closing ways beats upon the Army, and evacuation

down of schools, merely intensi- pust War Minister were not accustomed to silken tog fled a problem which, already existed before 1039. Mr. Bel- A deal of political thinking, and words of praise, however tenger fuus noid that every

faint.

certain Army Intake yields a unrealistic, However, this was one matter number of illiterate young men. is bring devoted today to

over which. Mr. Reflenger, him the figures ranging from 1⁄2 to The Subject of European Alf a persistantsharpshooter

I per cent while 26 per cent federation-- ta the prospect in and out of Westminister have a stalard very much be of building a

United States more carefree daye, found most low the school-leaving standard of Empe. This comes at a critif the House on his side.

of an viementary school child |cal, and propitious, moment, Be-

Francis Noel-Baker 'question een Tienry Wallace's proposals sentation of the scheme with these figures; he his heard that many as 25 per cent are tota European New Deal replete these words:" do not knowi

what will imppen; one ran only, semi-illiterates, and 30 per with a $15,000,000,000 un to Russia, on the one hand, and they but I ask the lot to bent have a reading or writing

lieve me when I say that, what-age of under 14 years. appuehension of others that the ever may happen in regard laj Whatever their number, | Greek-aid programme, without an the training of the

Army in iterates How entering the Well, there are st present Cover-all European policy, will be military methods while I am So much money down the drain, Secretary of State, when my Ja United States of Europe Instine comes to leave this offler, as something meriting the closest if I can any, an I hope I shall attention of policy makers. Be be able to say, that the moral sveen failure to achieve any surt and spiritual welfare of agreement in Motenw and the young men in the Army

grown, I shall rest well content gradually worsening economic

"Solitary Star Gleams

The next step towards Bri- situation in Germany, France's heavy

Brightly" Britain's problems, and

tain's "matriculation standard" fight against further impoverish-

Army is the training of 2,000 ment, the logic of some sort of

masters" during the present English, mathematics: history) federation seems incontrovertible.

inan in

financial year at the nnd geography; seléner; eltizen-: It is quite true that nationalism is

right place," pave

School of Bluention, the the

ed by one of the greatest of ship and current affairs. strutting string and

tournament players.. national scheme "hl blessings Others

Two hours a week, devoted Towers. Staffs; No. 3 Forma

DOUBLE Europe. All observers are aware stressed its exceeding

London

Theodore A. Lighter, North importo the latter two subjects, will in College: and in

two that the Communist regimes of tance and great value. Francis be allocated in working hours

extremely in practically commanded by the eastern Europe and the powerful Noel-Baker,

men different kinds of situations in doble to lead a diamond-ex- Brentford

By using many of the during primary training. Then Communist minorities in France. | Chiswick's Labour MP. said)

of higher educatlon who come which it is unwise to double on peeting South probably to be every man will receive four Italy, and elsewhere are willing that when the present period of hours instruction a week dur- into the Army under the N- opponent's stum contract. One lank in the suit and thus able

when you reckon the in- to ruff that lead. denoue, at the drop of a international uncertainly but fag his ten-week Corps training tional Service scheme, and re- Is

So North led his diamond G. hammer-and-sickle, any and all disappeared, one of the major period. When he joins a unit. cruiting others already serving, formation given to declarer

out about your hand will help him The A won it, and the spade federation projects

aimed functions of the Army would ta it will be stopped up to five the RAEC hope to turn

have been educating hours a week, and of that at fresh batches of 500 school plan his play more effectively. wan led to the K and A. Now directly at Russia, and as intend seen 10

The other is when your double Narth felt sure his partner had Sing to build a new cordon sani men in citizenship and complet- least one hour will be devoted masters avery three months.

ing the wider education of the to citizenship and current

singleton diamond. So This means that by July the Is likely to influence your part held af- taire mound the Soviet Vai

young people now being called fairs.

plan will be extended to Corpauer ihlo making a lead which he led the suit again, his 8. because proposed federations up.

This general education will training units, and will spread might help the declarer make West won with the J, cleared would embrace chiefly western Perhaps the most picturesque continue until the standard of to field and working unite as his contract. It has become trumpa with the spade Q, scor- Europe, excluding Russia). Ad- tribute came from James Cal- Part 1 of the Forees Prelimin-more and more staff complete conventional with practically alled the heart A and Q, led the

Socialist M.P. for initting these abstacles, sponsorslaghan.

The fine players that the doubling spode 2 to the 10 and on dia- ary Examination (comparable their intensive training. remarked take one look at Europe's custos Cardiff South, wno

to a standard usually about 12 aim is to provide for general of a alam by the opening lead-monds discarded his clubs Parviers and trade restrictions, its that he believed it would stand months before matriculation education one RAEC other ranker's partner calls for a different without even having to use the

as a monument to Mr. Hallen- is reached, or such time as is unit instructor per 144 men, lend from that which otherwise good heart K. polyglot currencies and transport,

the War Office decided by the Army Council, and one RAEC officer per three would be natural. ats nations with unbalanced and ger's work at mahalangeable egunomies like Aus- and added: "It is not often though courses in current af major units or 2,400 men for They visualier toss this that 1 sny kind things about my fairs and citizenship will be direct supervision of teaching

Right Honourable Friend,

kept up throughout Service. domain of 2,000,000 square miles a darkenting key

Unit Commanding Officers and 200,000,000 inhabitants the solitary star

will be responsible for

the cradle of western civilization with brightly."

unit's educational efficiency in The eritles mainly complained the same way and to the same its dynamo, the Ruhr, its great manufacturing cities, its plains of that too much valuable time has extent as they are charged with grain. its mines and foreign been wasted before the plan was all other aspects of the unit's markets could become a well introduced, and that the best efficiency and welfare. integrated and prosperous econo-

men with the best experience Service in the my if the trade walls and the had left the spite wally

down. And meantime; that it lid not wo into enough detail; that similar Javing perceived all this, they schemes and pledges had been reiterate Mr. Attlee's phrase: mude at the end of World War “Europe must federate or perish." I, but had not beef carried out | The campaign is not of course, owing to the Service beiuse

In 1922, Count Couden- "axed." love-Kalergi, the Austrian, pro- posed a pan Europe. Hitler tried in vain to unify Europe by force, In September, 1940, at Zurich, Winston Churchill delivered his strong plea for unification, and

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R.A.E.C. delegates from overseas Commands were given

- Scientists are studying the details of Mr. Bellenger'a scheme at a conference which possibility of exploding

atomic bomb in the midst of has just concluded in Lantian.

Objects of the plan are in a storm cloud to creato a literal elimination of lifterney; the rain of death. the British Committee for a training of semi-illiteraten; the The advantage of this tech- United Europe has since been prostuction of the well-inform, nique, experts studying the established under his chairman cd soldier-citizen; and the 10- plan told this reporter, la that ship. A #movement known

as vision of facilities for further & city Inland could be drenched Europcio Action Iras been education as nearly as possible inaugurated at Paris under Pro- equivalent to those avaliable to fessor Drugmans, Dutch resis the civilian. tance leader. Most important of all, perhaps, is the recent evidence

By ELTON C. FAY

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A similar experiment. In Aus- tralla produced rain.

Airmen nee military valuo in

the dry ice technique if it con

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he developed to a point where whole cloud masa can be turned into water and pro- cipitated.

that elements of the Labour Pone of the illiterates. It is under the water as was done If an aerial photographic re-}

How is it going to operate?. First of all, let's quickly dis- unfortunately all too clear that Party, including some of its left-six years of war have knocked wing factions, are embracing the about our educational system concept of a political and fust as Hitler's bomba katocked ecommunic union of western about our houses though that Europe, with Britain included. While, curiously enough, party doctrine-has-led to an edict against association with the Mr. organisation sponsored by iChurchill, these Labour leaders are to do everything possible to persuade Russia that such of United States of Europe would not be directed against the Soviet. They

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EGYPT AND BRITAIN

Cairo, June 11

1t was expected here today that Mahmoud Hassan Pasha, Egyptian Atlanta, Ga., June 1. Ambassador in Washington, would conndissance of a future target in the Bikini experiments.

In the muddy heart of Cobb deliver Egypt's appen!...against Until now coastal cities or is prevented by a low cloud ac County, Georgia, are two Britain over the 1936 Anglo-Egy- those located on rivers or lakes cumulation, they any clouds youngsters who are never late tian treaty to Dr. Trygve Lic were the most probable targets could be "swept away" or a to school regardless of the consécretary General of the United for much type atomic bombing. hole punched in them to permit dition of rusted, deep mudded Nations, during this wook Rau-

There is, however, a definite reconnaissance planed to make roads. They are Gordon Lung-ter possibility that the very power pictures.

ford, Jr, nine, and his brother and heat of the bomb mightUse of such a method for acRichard, alx. They fly to school miles away....... foil plan.

tual bombing is unnecessary,

Each afternoon, she lets Some scientista confond "that however, because of

100 Years fall, the

Ago Today

(Excerpts from the files of the Letter America: "It is

would make the union "open "China Mail," June 3, 1847).

the do-

Every morning, their mother,

a bomb exploded in a cloud velopment of radar bombing Mes. Sarah Lunsford, bundles down on the field beside the bank might first blast the cloud which makes the target "vist them into the family's small school yard and picks up hor away and then dissipate itable", through any kind of wea-yellow plane and ferries them passengers for the light home. moisture high into the alr away [ther,-Associated Press.

over the ridge to school, fivo United Press. from the target.

But proponents of the idea say it would be necessary only

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Rarlar would pick up the target for the bombing plane and the bomb would be explod ed in the thick of the storm. Rain falling from the clouds or the Russian orbit. Russia

During this and the past month would be poisoned with the would probably oppose a federn there has been much sickness in deadly byproduct of the bomb's tion, despite any nesurances. This the Colony; and among the mill-explosion. does not wholly destroy its tary a melancholy loss of life. The Usa of radioactivity in this chances. Belgium and Holland disease appears to be similar to manner would be aside from:

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radioactivity material released long considered amalgamation, ment has suffered severely; many For its part, the United States of the victims were sober, soldier from nu airplane. could hardly "impose" federation like young men by a means the Milliary strategista also are on Europe, but it could counsel. to have courted disepan by impru- nyelug rain clouds in connec

dence.....

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"The sickna la not con-covery-the creation of artificial; auccess of its own federation. It fined to the 98th, 1ho European snow or rainstorms by the ro- could mould its policies toward police are suffering; and it se ed- lease of “dry Ica", or colla tar- Upbuilding single continental marked that in the curbs the test bon dioxide into the clouds. **** Precipitation of this natura economy. The subject" could be mon have been teicietht

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